Kleven wins cable layer order from ABB

Kleven Maritime, the privately owned Norwegian shipbuilding group, said it has won an order for an advanced cable layer from ABB, the Swiss-Swedish electrotechnical giant.

The ship, which is a SALT 306 CLV design by Salt Ship Design and Kleven itself, will be 140 m in length and it will be delivered in 2017. Several Norwegian suppliers’ equipment will be used on board, including Brunvoll, Hareid, and ABB Marine.

The ABB group offers a wide range of products for use on board ships, but this is the first time the company has ordered a ship on its own account.

As the third anniversary of the entry into force of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) approaches, Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI) is embarking on a comprehensive study on the effectiveness of the Convention. The study has been commissioned by the International Transport Workers’ Federation. It will be an in-depth and... Read more →